Glossary Matching - All Terms

For each definition, pick the matching term from the drop-down. Each term is used once.

1. 1

   The earliest erythrocyte precursor in the erythrocyte series which usually contains a large nucleus with several nucleoli and high Nucleus/Cytoplasm ratio (meaning very little cytoplasm).

   – choose a term –ImmunoglobulinDohle bodiesMicromegakaryocytesProerythroblast
2. 2

   Blue-Gray cytoplasmic inclusions (remnants of Rough ER) that may be seen in neutrophils. Increased numbers may be indicative of an underlying inflammatory condition and/or infection. If _____ are accompanied by Giant Platelets, it may be due to May Hegglin anomaly.

   – choose a term –ImmunoglobulinDohle bodiesMicromegakaryocytesProerythroblast
3. 3

   The term is sometimes interchangeably used with antibody, a protein that is produced by B cells (in terminally differentiated B-cells known as plasma cells these _____s are produced and secreted and are not cell surface bound) which recognize and bind to other proteins or substances (foreign or self antigens). Antibodies can be part of an immune response and help eradicate viruses and bacteria or may be part of an autoimmune destructive processes in hematology such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia or immune mediated platelet destruction (e.g. ITP). The different classes of antibodies are usually based on their heavy chains (e.g. IgA, IgG, IgE, IgD, & IgM).

   – choose a term –ImmunoglobulinDohle bodiesMicromegakaryocytesProerythroblast
4. 4

   These are small abnormal (dysplastic) non-lobated megakaryocytes that are usually associated with an underlying Myeloid neoplasm such as Myelodysplastic Syndrome.

   – choose a term –ImmunoglobulinDohle bodiesMicromegakaryocytesProerythroblast